AP Psychology
Unit XI Study Guide
Social Psychology
Directions: Answer the following questions by looking at your vocabulary terms, notes, charts, textbook,
and miscellaneous materials
*Remember that this is a general guide and that you are responsible for the material
covered in class and online*
1. How do psychologists define social psychology
2. How does culture provide a social context for our behavior
3. How does one gain a social role
4. What are
a. Norms
b. Prescriptive
c. Proscriptive
5. Proximity
6. Complete the following chart on the motives of others and the causes of our own
behavior
Attribution Theory
Define
What factors affect attribution
Fundamental
Attribution Error
Define
What do we tend to do because of
actor observer differences
Self Handicapping
Define
Example
7. What is self comparison theory
8. Complete the chart on the factor that influence interpersonal attraction
Interpersonal
Define
What is the main characteristic of
Attraction
mate selection
Self Disclosure
Define
Social Exchange
Theory
Define
Why do we maintain relationships
Love
Adult love relationships tends to
mirror attachment observed in
Secure Attachment
Avoidant Attachment
Ambivalent Attachment
9. Conformity, Social Power, Obedience, and Compliance
a. Asch’s conformity experiment demonstrates
b. What is groupthink
c. What is
i. Ingroup
ii. Outgroup
iii. 80/20 rule
d. Obedience and authority
i. Milgram Experiment showed
ii. Stanford Prison Experiment
1. Shows that roles
2. Significance
e. Compliance
i. Foot-in-door technique
ii. Low ball technique
10. What is a social trap
11. How does self assertion differ from aggression
12. Aggression and mass media
a. Define aggression
b. Relationship between aggression and video games/TV
13. What is the just-world effect
14. Define cognitive dissonance
a. Give an example of cognitive dissonance
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15. Define Deindividualization
Match each term with the proper definition
or description
16. _____ Social Facilitation
17. _____ Social Loafing
18. _____ Conformity
19. _____ In-group Bias
20. _____ Normative Social Influence
21. _____ Informational Social
Influence
22. _____ Group Polarization
23. _____ Stereotype
24. _____ Attribution
25. _____ Altruism
26. _____ Mere Exposure Effect
a. A causal explanation for
someone’s behavior
b. A generalized belief about a
group of people
c. People work less hard in a
group
d. Performance is improved by
an audience
e. The tendency to favor one’s
own group
f. The effect of social approval
or disapproval
g. Adjusting one’s behavior to
coincide with a group
standard
h. Group discussion enhances
prevailing tendencies
i. The effect of accepting others
opinions about something
j. Unselfish regard for others
k. The tendency that a person is
less likely to help someone in
need when others are present
l. The increased liking of a
stimulus that results from
repeated exposure to it